The Cedarville Herald, Volume 47, Numbers 27-52

r I w y day's *day la buying t h . «*. beta yt* »Md iaflkt* a jw uity upon 0 » paw* «jfov*l<mt to th* iwwh **v- ia t tb» **« of tho article w*uld pro­ doc*. a IWW8MPJEE DEVOTED 1C LOCAL AND GENERAL NEW! AND THE INTERESTS OP CEDAR- VILLE AND VICINITY. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR NO, 47. CEDARVILLE, h FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1924 PRICE,”$l .50 A YEAR »■- L08ALVOTE WASLIGHTER THANUSUAL C&darville township gave a J>lf Republican plurality to Coodidge an. Dawes Tuesday regardless of tfc fact that the vote polled was not a large a& hoped for. Wh'lo other com' jmunltteu were rolling up record Vote this township was somewhat short what it cculd have teen. The local vote on the n t‘ona! tic'' et was as fellows? Ccolidge and Dawes, vil’a^e 322 tc G4 for Davis and Bryah', in the town ship the RepuM'can cf'ididates rece'- vod, 2T0 to C8 for ths Dempcr’t ean didates', FaFolletta-Wheeler rece've: 17 -in the village and 4. in the town ■ Ship, The vote on the head of the state ticket was Davis, Republican candi­ date for governor, 260 in the villag and 200 in the township, i Donabey;. Democrat candidate for governor, 148 in the village and 138 in the township. The vote on the various state offices was about the same for each o f the heads :of the ticket, Davis running a bit under Charles Lewis for lieutenant governor and Donahey slightly over JSnrl D, Bloom candidate for Iieuten- , ant'governor on the Democratic tick­ et. For Ccngress Charles Brand receiv­ ed 284 in the yillage and 232 in the township..His Democratic opponent, C, K. Wolf 88 in town and 76 in the village. Much'interest ujas centered on the contest for state representative. .R D. Williamspn had for his opponent A. J. Furstenberger, Democrat who h secretary of the . ‘Greene County Klan. In the village Wiliiamson polled 276 to. Furstenberger 113. In the township, Williamson, 218 to 93 for. Furstenberger. Other oifices where a fight was made on Republican candidates were -Sheriff, treasurer and commissioner: In-the village Mppris Sharp fori sheriff won over James. CariadSy by a vote cf 290 to;90. In the township Sharp 36i to 66 ' “ * ~ " ‘ ' the village won over E: D„‘Stroup by JR vote of 297 to 54. Township 224 to 93. Commissioners Bert Beam, village 286. David Keiter 82. J: Harve Lackey, village, 281; A, - D. Kendig, 32., Township Lackey, 245 Kendig. 63. • * The following‘is the' Greene county vote for President: CoOiidge 8322; Davis 2435; LaFoIette 599.. The Vote on Governor was; Doha- hey, 5,773, Davis, 5,596. ‘ * ' There were a few contests in the cbunfcy that attracted more than usual interest. State Representative— R. D. Wil­ liamson, 6030, A. J. Furstenberger, 3,845. On the basis of the vote for the vote for Earl Blooni, candidate for Lieutenant Governor, , Fursten- Berger ran 1300 ahead of the ticket. He had the open support of the Klan and County W. C. T. U. The fight on Sheriff Morris Sharp amounted to nothing, Sharp received 7346 and his Democratic opponent, James Canaday, 3752. The opposition on commissioners, and treasurer did not cut the Republican nominess to any extent, Harvey Elam for clerk of court led the ticket with the high­ est vote, 8/198; W. J, Davis for sur­ veyor received the next highest, 8020, The Republican landslide Tuesday gives Calvin Cooiidge .and Charles G. DnWes the largest electoral vote in the histor yof th^ country. At this time the Republican candidates are sure of 367 electoral votes and several doubtful states to report. John’W. Davis and Charles Bryan, the Demo ; emtic candidates will get nothing more than, the Southern 'states, less the Kentucky vote that went to the Republicans. Robert LaFollett on the Pro­ gressive ticket gets his own state, Wiscqnson. . ' > K, K 1 K. DELEGATION MAKE HERE’S SOMETHING QF INTER- , COLORED BAPTISTS CALL EST TO HOG RAISERS A delegation of K. K. K. in robes 1 Every hog producer is. wondering vtd hoods rorde a visit to the colored wlirt effect thp short corn crop is Baptist church last Sunday night at going to liavo on the hog business, which time Rev. A. J, Furstenberger With corn at $1.25 a bushel and hogs delivered a sermon. At the conclusion, at $9.00 per hundred weight, there, t is not much money iri feeding corn to *finite1. ' 4 fiomrbQ olthivi Si Gi mm IT ILFOR 1 M E CONDENSED OHIO NEWS News Items Picked at Random and Boiled Down for the Busy R ff-for of the service a donation of $60 in gold was presented to be used oh the >hogs at presen t.’Cost gu es show. church building. Jefferson Buckner, one of the lead­ ers called at this offiice Monday and exhibited the $50 in gold which he stated would be placed, in the bank. that about 8 bushels of corn ‘with some other, grains, middlings, and tankage is, iegubred for every •one/ hundred pounds of pork produced,’ when the cost of maintenance of the TWO MILL ROAD LEVY APPROVED ON TUESDAY The two mill road levy received a a good vote in .this township Tuesday, In the village the vote whs "Yes’* 1280 and “No”, 70* In the township the vote was “Yes”, 191, “No”, 114* The township complete, “Yes”, 471, “No”, 101 and the majority favorable 287. The road levy carried by about 1,000. VOTERS APPROVE LIGHT LEVY Cedarville voters Tuesday approved the electric light levy of two mills for a period of five years to pay for street lighting. This is the third time that such a levy has been Approved in a little 'over ten years1for this levy, and each time by &decisive majority. The vote Tuesday was, “Yes” 306, “No”, 58, REVENGE IS SWEET Madison county furnishes a precedent in Ohio politics* At He wanted to publically thank the breeding.herd is considered, organization for the donation.^ . This meahs that when labor, pas- Mr„ Buckner stated that some o f .(jure-'and overhead expenses are in- his colored'brethem were rather crit- ‘eluded; the equivalent of 'about eleven' :cal of what had Been done but that (bushels of corn’is required to produce- he had no appology to. make .as he .100 pounds of porK.^ ; had been commissioned to raise funds' • ■Cost of production,*’present pros- for the building and was not instruct- pects, and the world situation as ad just how or where the money was affecting hog ,prices wilt be some of to come from. If 1any one thought the thing* -discussed by Mr* R. a Taber .of tfot Department. \ of that be had been influenced wP s. 0* Wrio was .an easy field of'five for 47 precincts in i carried 35 of tH three, Dawson Merrick,' 8» Mr. Wright plurality when - tabulated. Bto - responsibility' < ceiving mr.ny.co .Jrction and hs !at home and ov* LOCAL VOTE BA] ' The two Rept Supreme Cour yotesr Judge iage and 118 in,^ Kinkade 135 the township^ For Court jKunkle,. 1,74 pjfcthO:Ttownshlp*r3 ‘ [4^ re* -probate judge, ITuesday in a idgship. Out,of Tty Mr. Wright A. Broadstone 1, and Carl i around 1600, tcial Vote* is Qualified for the 5 cq and is re- stiops for the | vote given him oupty. JUDICIAL HJNTY ALSO [candidates for fed the highest 121-in the vii- ship. E* R. age and 92 in Judge A. Hi |;e arid 143 in iger, 56 .and ‘MICROBE” DRAWS LARGE AUDIENCE MONDAY NIGHT ^ to b®< held*in Greene County Nov. 18-19. meetings. ■ * ....... .... One of these meetings will be1 "A forge audfenee witnessed the. three held in Cdmmunitje Hall, Exchange •st musical comedy, “The Microbe ^ f Bank building on Nov, 18 at, 7:30. •Love”, Monday pight. The pfoy was A, put 20 farmers in this section have put on by a home talent cast under found sonic valuable information by the auspices of the Womens’ Societies, keeping account on hog.:, production, of ..the M. E. church. .Comments of l it will be interesting to hear what persons who saw the play,indicate it these men report*. .... was highly successful as an enter­ tainment.' The play is1replete Withi comedy that kept the forge audience j in an Uproar, and local hits brought I loud applause. Much of the success* is. due to the efforts of Miss HIGH SCHOOL NOTES. Ccdarvjlle High School Tag day Edna. was a decided success* The pupils of Yost, a representative of the Sewell the Senior class had the affair in Lyceum Company of Atlanta, Ga. charge. They designed the tag and Miss Yost is a young lady of much charm and talent and won for herself the admiration of all with whom she came in contact/ The committee who' selected the cast has not been able to see all who took part, and wishes to take this m%ans of thanking each one for their time apd Work given. CEDARVILLE GETS TIE ‘ GAME AT FINDLAY Csdarville College held Findlay col­ lege down to a 13-13 score at footb l last Saturday. Cedarville scored its two touchdowns in the third quarter on an 30-yard run by Adair and, a successful forward pass. Findlay dup­ licated the visitor’s sccrte in the fourth quarter when a tbuchdpwn was negotiated by line plunges and a line over the goal line, with another due to penalties against the local team. PIANIST PLAYED ‘NO ,NO, NORA.* AND PROPRIETOR IS SUED The proprietor of the picture show in Yellow Springs has been sued by a New York-company, Leo Feist, mus- is publishers, for violation of the copyright law . Nominal damages and permanent injunction to prevent further playing is asked in the U. S. court at Cincinnati, The piano player played “No, No, Nora”. TO THE PUBLIC; : I was called as pastor o f the Zion Baptist church last July* I accepted and moved my .family her#, 1 was to get $7,50 per Sunday but I have only new’been paid for two Sundays and I ask the the officers to see that I get my mon­ primary last August Probate Judge ey due me. I*have been pastoting for Jesse E. Strayer was defeated for 23 year* and this Is the first time in ids second term b$t Attorney J* E. my life that I ever wa* treated as I Welsh of London. The verdict Would have been since coming here. I resign- siot be accepted by the Strayers and ed October 81, Rev. O. C. Thompson, Immediately after the primary Mrs,; Tina K. Btrayer, wife of the Judge, I WEATHER 'tniftnttneeri that she would be a tan- The highest temperature reached ra» mi a MMfCimd term1’ daring October was 88 degree# on the ande where as without the education £ ^ i S h a s f o S r A t the l* h ; the lowest touched freeing you would not make i t ban it .printed. The cut was loaned by the. Underwood Conipahy. The ex­ penses connected with the day's work •were smhU incidentals. The net re­ turn was $58.15. The Seniors wish to express their hearty appreciation for the support .so generously given. Of 600 tags 544 were worn by patrons and others on election day. m • • * The week beginning November 17 is designated as Educational Week throughout our notion, During this week a special effort is being put forth to have J^he (Schools and the people become' better acquainted. A program wilL be published next week* m . '• * . t November 7 arid 8 is the date of the Central Ohio Teachers’ meeting. It is being held iri Columbus this#year and the' entire teaching force wilt he in attendance. The programs are full of things for the teachers and will be reflected in the Work done by these teachers during the remainder of the year. Bankers enjoy their, conferences and get real gain for their institutions from them. Farmers-enjoy their con­ ferences arid lerirn to increase their" output’ by* attendance at the same. Communities get an indirect benefit from .all such conferences, The teach­ ers conference however will reflect a more direct benefit to the community becitiso the teacher brings back aH the good things she has received di­ rectly to the children in her charge. There will be no school Friday. Miss Ruth Mitchell, one of oui* well known Freshmen has been detained from schoo Ito undergo an operation for the removal of tonsils and ade­ noids. ■ . * ■ :* * » County Superintendent II, C, Ault- man gave a very interesting,'talk last Monday at Chapel* Choose your voca­ tion and work toward it. With a high school and college education the mon­ ey you make will amount to thous- ownshipi M. A. BroadffhAe,^ and 68. Dawson Switb, -81and 33. Carl Merrick, 20 and 22. ' Oliver Watson, 1 and 7. The Probate Court county vote was as follows—B. ”C. Wright, 4166; M. A. Broadstone, 2,428; E. D ., Smith, 1,819; C. Merrick,. .1657] Oliver Watson, 358. SOUTH CHARLESTON WILL GET A NEW HIGH SCHOOL South Charleston voted Tuesday for' a pew high school building by a vote of 546 to 213. The present build­ ing *is over crowded -with, grade and( high school and the state has jOiderqd a new building. Plecsant township in Clark county evidently cares little about its schools if the vote Tuesday is, a criterion, A three mill levy was necessary to keep the schodls in operation as the board only had funds to keep the schools open until- December first* The Vote for the levy was 246 to 205 Against it and the board announces that the schools Vill Close December first. Ten teachers Will be thrown out of em­ ployment. Following the defeat by the voters in Jeffersonville Tuesday of a special three-mill tax levy for school purposes the school board met in special ses­ sion that night aiid dosed the schools because of lack of funds* There has been no school since Tuesday* , mu/ kg* -httatmmi M to*$*#*»•fo* Tfott* m t§ If* w T K 2W*« hours of sunshine during the ' * * * SSe S month out of a possible 845.2 or an a “Ms ^rgusort of Texas » of 86 p*r c«nt *un*hina. Ohio. 1 ^(Continued on last page) For Kent I Jar r residence on South Main street. Call next door. HERE IS PART Op WORK RED CROSS HAS DONE HERE Plans are being laid by W, W, Gal­ loway, chairman of the Red Cross membership drive which starts on Armistice Day, Nov. 11* During the past year the Red Cross made an examination of the the pupils in the public schools, Of the five cripples in the township $ came to clinics. One received special treatment, one was not corrected and •ne will get art artificial limb, One child operated upon for tonsil and adenoid trouble. Two others found heccssary but one accepted and one refused aid. Eight soldiers families were given ‘considerable time and service. The Red Cross strives to help, pcopfo help themselves, The Roll Call i» Nov. H-27, The committee assisting Mr. Gal­ loway is 04 follows; Mrs. Delmer Jobe Mrs. Lucy Barber, Mrs. Rofct. Bird, Mrs. Aden Barlow, Mrs. W. C. Iliff, Mrs. Claiytjn McMillan, Mrs. Hugh Turnbull, Mrs. Ed. Hamilton, Mrs. W .W. Galloway. Members on the committee are urg­ ed to call at the home of Mrs. Bird to got supplies. The canvass will be made Nov. 11, Armistice Day and have your subscription ready so as not to*keep the solicitor waiting. Posters have been put up about town and literature will be distribu­ ted* < . , > i John B„ Jones, 42, conductor, died of injuries, suffered, at St, ClairsviHe when caught between the engine and a coach during a 'Switching mow- ment in the railroad yards, Jones was a resident of Newark. Nelson Hall, 00, farmer, was killed when lie was struck by a northbound Hocking Valley train near hi* home a t Powell, Delaware county*^. State troops restored order qt Niles, Trumbull county, after a day of riot­ ing in Which 13 persons were wound­ ed. The outbreak followed an at­ tempt on the part of the Ku Klux Kfon to stage a parade. Fire destroyed a general store, a •stock lipuse and a residence at. North Benton, six miles north of Sebring, With a loss of $16,000, „ Foul* thousand Ashtabula citizens asked council for discontinuance of Sunday blue law enforcement. ; Sam Buffington, 80, who died at Athens, had a famous fighting record. For four years he served in the First Wedt Virginia cavalry and then 'went west for the Indian wars under Cus­ ter and others. . Thomas Wilson, farmer of New Martinsburg, Fayette county, was kill­ ed instantly when he fell into the cellar of his home'through an open door. His neck' was broken, police claim they found six gallons of whisky burled when they raided the home of Herbert Brickies at New Lexington. Brickies was before the grand jury some time ago on a third offense charge. He was held under $1,000 bond. Four persons lost their lives and.a- Child was fatally injured when their automobile was struck by .a train two miles north ,ot Jeffersonville, Fayette county. The dead: Mrs, Lydia A. Hyer, 78; Mrs. Margaret C. Martin, 75, sjster of Mrs, Hyer;.Mrs. George Ortman, 22; Oscar Qrtman, 55 , father- in-law of Mrs. Ortman, The injured: Betty Jane Ortman, 3, daughter of Mrs.' Ortman. . AH'resided .in Wash­ ington C. H. A total'bf 19 applicants for license passed the state hoard of pharmacy examinations out of’66 who tried. The highest gr^de made in the examina­ tion .was 91,1* by Kenentli H, Acker­ man of New Philadelphia., Budget committee of the Spring- field community fund has fixed this- 19 forms of P a rity , The drive wi last nine days beginning Nov. 15. Betty Jane McCray, 15 months, drowned in a lard Can at Athens while her mother was washing for a neighbor. Joseph Williams and. John Knox were drowned when they speeded their automobile around a line of ma­ chines waiting a t the open draw of a bridge at Toledo, crashed through the gates and toppled into the Mau­ mee river channel. . Glen Rohr; 6, son of Georg* F. Rohr, residing near Beavortown, Montgomery county, wds killed When an automobile driven by his brother and occupied by other members of the family crashed into a telophono polo., * '• Mrs. Blanche Tobias, 21, pleaded guilty In mayor’s court at Wooster to killing her infant, because she said husband wouldn’t believe the baby his, and she didn’t think the boy would have a fair chance in the world. Payton Simpson, 31, was killed, Oliver Cook, 28, suffered injuries Which may prove fatal, and Floyd BlaSlngamo, 23, was cut and bruised severely when their. automobile .-was struck by an interurhan car at a crossing near Dayton. Mrs, Virginia Kirk, 30, was sen­ tenced at Cleveland to Marysville re­ formatory for life after a jury had found her guilty of shooting to wound, She shot Earnest Shroves, 35, after quarreling about an automobilo re­ pair bill he claimed her husband owed him, evidence showed. Tearing his hand through a hand­ cuff arid leaping through a coach win­ dow while the train was running 40 miles on hour, William Kennedy, sen­ tenced from Toledo to serve three years at Atlanta federal prison on a narcotic charge, Is a fugitive from justice among the hills along the Ten­ nessee and Georgia boundary, Albert licit confessed to police that he wa3 in the automobile in which Patrolman Michael Hahnel of Shaker Heights was killed on the night of Oct. 17, Holt who was arrested in West Virginia after a 30-mile chase and taken to Cleveland, implicated Joseph l’rymas in his confession, say­ ing the latter fired the fatal shot. Prymas, arrested later In Cleveland, admitted ho shot the policeman, Mrs. Mary Mclsaac, 72, died of burns 'received when She walked in front of an open gas stove at her home in Toledo. Home of Thomas' Wolfe, near New Lexington, was bumai-fo the ground In a forest fire, Logan will vote ora a bond issue {or extra waterworks equipment. William Dohnelly, 00* of Cloves, Hamilton county, was killed and Guy Wilkie, 54, also of Cleves, received a fractured skull, when the machine In which they were riding was struck by a streotoar at Lftwrenceburg, Ind. Following his alleged confession at Pomeroy in the fatal shearing of Ed­ ward D. Funk, cn, oil station owner nt New Boston, Oct. 20, Lindsey Taylor, 20, was arraigned in court. Funk was Shot down through a Window, Robbery of 15 roomitirf houses was confessed by Ernest E. Beckman, 21, who is held at Cincinnati while police rounded up his loot from various pawnshops. Recoveries totaled more than 8,000. . . Fred Tuttle, rural mail carrier, was killed •and property damage was capsed at Springfield when a tank car of gasoline exploded in the yards of the Consumers' Oil company. Sam Leever,, famous pitcher of the Pittsburgh Nationals 12 years, ago, died at !fla home "car Goshen, Authorities are investigating the dynamiting of two coql mines a t Red- town, near Glouster, which have.been operated by miners for several mouth* on a co-operative basis.1 JOljn M. Maley, 77, Civil war vet­ eran, was killed When he was struck by a Big Four train in the Springfield yards, John Sohmunk, 63, former acting police chief at Cleveland, died after a short illness. Peter Kemp, 19, was instantly kill­ ed when struck at Akron by an auto­ mobile, the driver of which sped away. ■ Alexander Black Cloak company closed Its plant a t' Toledo' and the management announced that plans for the future were indefinite., ■ Welfare Director John E. Harper, in his annual report, sayS all state hospitals are overcrowded. Ho says there has been a large Increase in in­ sanity in Ohio. Now' Lexington town hall is report­ ed in a dangerous condition, . Any so rt.of occupancy is banned pending' repairs. " ■ ■ ■ - ■■■ . .Rev. Harry M. Wilson, for two years pastor of the Church of Christ at Crooksville, resigned to accept the pastorate-of the La Belle View Chris- tion-Church at Steubenville. Shot twice in the back when he at­ tempted to escape from the Dayton workhouse farm, Frank Knox, 19. of Mechanicsburg, died of his wounds. No1charges were, placed against the guard, ■ ■ When a New York' Central train de­ molished their automoblio near Stry­ ker, William's county, Mr. and Mrs H, M. Cleveland .of Duluth, Minn., were killed. Three persons were killed at this grade crossing three months ago. * 'Wesley Bean of near Sidney was killed almost instantly when his au­ tomobile collided with a locomotive at Elrdy, Ldgan county, ’• parry county has been hit hard by Robert Bruetsch; 15, Dayton is auf- 1ffering with severe bruns about the , face and hands and in the mouth, sus- ”tained> while giving a demonstration ■of ’’blowing fire.” He filled his mouth i with gasoline, according to compan­ ions, and touched a match to it. ** 1 Fred Slatzer, dry. officer and consta­ ble of Shawnee, Perry county, was fined $1,000 and costs following,- his j conviction of illegal possession *of liquor, Body of Henry (McClelland,. 77, ar­ rived in Zanesville from New York for burial. McClelland, a former resi­ dent of Zanesville, was killed In an auto accident in New York, Rev. Dr. Wralter L. Whalloii, pastor of tHe Central Presbyterian church a t Dayton, has received a call to the pastorate of a Presbyterian church in .Newark, N; J. Mrs. Lenola M. Wllgus filed suit'for divorce at Bellefofttaine against French Wllgus of Indian Lake, Logajn county, charging cruelty. Immediate­ ly following her divorce suit, Mrs, Wllgus sued her father-in-law, S. L. Wllgus, joint owner with his son, French, of, Sandy Beach, summer re­ sort, for $25,000 for the alleged aliena­ tion of his son and her husband’s af­ fections. Following a chicken dinner given by the Woman’;? Relief corps at Greenville, 12'*persons were stricken with ptomaine poisoning. All are ex, pected to recover, Bert Highwarden, 49, colored, was sentenced to die In the electric chair at the Ohio penitentiary Feb. 9, 1925, by Judge E. P. Middleton at Urbana, Highwarden killed his second wife on the street last Aug. 18. He served a term In the pen for killing his first wife. A self-inflicted bullet wound proved fatal to Virgil Prctzman, 24, of Brad­ ford, who shot himself because ft girl he met a week before refused to marry him, police sny, L, B. Palmer of Pataskala was elected president of the newly formed Ohio Wool Growers’ Go-operative" as­ sociation. Wr. G. Vniuleii.ba.ry of Zanesville was elected vice president; J. F. Walker, Gambler, secretary, and R, A. Hammond, Columbus, treasurer. Barrels, tanks and buckets are be­ ing utilized by farmers In southern Ohio to-haul water for their personal needs, because Of the drought that ; has affected their water supply since j early September. In many instances water must be hauled great distances for both humans and live stock. I Burglars backed an auto truck uf> I f,o the front door of the Neeley gen- I oral store at Nceloyvllle, Morgan <county, broke tho loek, filled the truck ! with merchandise and drove away. .At Toledo Judge O'Brien O’Donnell ! overruled the state tax commission i when he held that the Otis A. Brown- i ing estate need not pay inheritance ' tax on ft bequest, to establish the O. A. Browning Masonic, Memorial home, 1which was held a public charity. I Governor 5>onahoy Issued a proc' lamafion calling upon Urn citizenry of Ohio to purchase Ohio niined coal, In addition to pointing out that greater purchase of Ohio <oat would help the economic labor situation In the state, the g^;crnor state* that Ohio’s mines can produce coal wlti. the best Of i them. DEATHDUE TOACIDENT; OTHERREPORTS Word has been received here of.the death of Mr. George A, McClellan, formerly of this place, at his home in St. Joseph, Mo., Wednesday, Word is that Mr, McClellan met with an auto accident Sunday night when he was hadly injured, a part of the steer­ ing post entering his breast. Mra, McClellan had..been in Spring- field, O., visiting her parents, Mr. find Mrs, A* L, Siegel. She had returned home by way of Kansas City and was Imet their by Mr, McClellan . and a /fiarty of friends and the trip home to be by auto. The accident happened 'enroute, home. Mr, McClellan was the only one of the party ■seriously injur- - ed. Mrs. McClellan receiving- slight bruises. -. ■ Mr. McClellan is a son of Mrs, Lucy McClellan, who is now with her son, J. J, McClellan at Joplin, Mo. A daughter, Mrs; Irene Shank resides in Kansas City* . The funeral will be held Friday and the body brought to Springfield for burial. Besides a wife, the , deceased - leaves a son, Robert, a civil engineer, who is with a mining company in Africa. *“* - Mr, McClellan has been' connected with the newspaper business, for a great many years. He has owned the Dayton Journal, The t Housewife, a New York magazinej; the Metropolis, a daily in Jacksonville, Fla., and the St, Joseph, Gazette. }A.fc one time he * was manager of the Indianapolis Star aiidformerly had been with* the old Press-Republic- in Springfield, • David Deck and his uncle, Charles Deck of Dayton, had a narrow escape from death last Friday night at the railroad crossing foidway between Cedarville ,end Selma. They were com­ ing this way and driving1jjp a dense Tog. Thinking they had cleared the second track .turned too soon and ware- headed down the. track, They had no more than got out.*of the auto until an approaching train was heard and tl ' --■*' ■■■- - — was strncit sulSways ffbm the re£r by the engine and tossed to the fence. Clarence Deck and a party of two friends from Osborn failed to make ‘ the turn at Cash Gordon's comer last Friday night. Fast driving in the fog made it impossible to turn in time and the car was ditched with minor injuries to the occupants. CINCINNATI CHANGES FORM OF GOVERNMENT Cincihnati made a sweeping change Tuesday when the electors* by a' large vote decided to* try the city manager form of government 4llke that which Dayton .has been operating under for the past few years. The city also voted for various bond issues' for schools but defeated a tax levy ih the city that was necessary, The city will have a deficit of four million dol­ lars. The manner in which the city officials have played into the hands of the gas company had much to do in influencing the change t>£ senti­ ment for the new form of government. COUNCIL MEETING The regular meeting of council was held Monday evening when the usual amount of routine business was trans­ acted, Mayor Funsett reported fines collected for the previous month to the amount of $250. Council ordered a new catch basin near the bridge to care for overflow surface water from North Main street. The openings for other catch basins were ordered en­ larged te care for more wafer. PLAY THE NEW GAME That Chinese puzzle, mall jong, has ’■ eon replaced in the hearts of the American people, by a typically na­ tive test of ingenuity. Tho Cross- Word Puzzle has taken the country by storm. With winter coming on puzzle solving is bound to become A favorite indoor spert. These puzzc-ls arc appearing in the Herald. Try the one this week .They Arc good for young and old. The answer rJvill Ap­ pear next week. LEGION PUTTING OUT FLAGS The American Legion, Wallace C.. Anderson Post, this week put out the flags in the center of town. The or­ ganization .sponsored the movement for flag decoration and orders for more than one hundred have been taken. Only part of the flags At* on hand but the others are expected in (a abort time. Special provision has 1been mado for placing the standards !in the. sidewalk near the curb. - -Wanted: Log teams or trucks. Must be equipped to handle tree* full length regardless of sire, ffoll or write, London Hardwood Lumber Coompany, 10-24 4t l: t i i,t» V-v -